The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-22


for your quilt also nicle for your Bible. Cousins,
| here is an example wish you to work for me, How
many feet of rope will take TO stake horse in the
center of an he may Craze the entire acre?
moi leaving any corners, but let it be round acre.
Matte Hardwiek, Danville, Ala,-Seeing so many
otthe cousins are sending you squares for your
quilt thought would send also; how do you like
III would like very much 60 exchange some songs
for "rhe Children ofthe Abbey" 1 have three or
four very pretty songs viz, "Click-a-dee' "They
Have Given Her to Another" "Mother Says l
Mustn't and putting on Airs" / will he very
grateful to any of the cousins that will send it.
! Lizzie Talley-T am a girl in my teens and keep
| house for papa; attend to all the domestic work
aud find plenty oflesure time for visiting and fancy
| work. am Of u very lively disposition and like
| fun and have my share of it, We live near q Metho-
dist church and l attend Sabbath school; the name
| OF it is Pleasant Grove. We keep postoflioe, and
! enjoy receiving letters and reading much. Would
| like ever so much to correspond with some of the
cousins between eighteen and twenty years old
Emma Gordon Morley, Long Branch, Tcxas-Iam
little Georgia girl living away out here in Texas
with a name and picture that am proud of as
little Grover Cleveland Mazo is of his. General
Gordon sent me his picture before lett Georgia,
ard think it is much finer looking than any of the
pictures have ever seen of President Cleveland,
and besides he is Georgian. l guess Mrs. Gordon
picture.
Ada LARGE Luke, Hazen, Columtss county, Ga.
My papa takes THE CONSTITUTION, and when he
read little Irene Jaoksons letter it made me want to
write too | am just her age; am my papa and
mamas only child; my raHa has a farm and store,
but she IS ahead of me in my books. have whole
lot of dolls, so many can't tell all their names the
two largest ones are named EtEelOn ana Ruby.
had nice little dog named "Scamy' but the little
thing got lost.
| Fannie and Maggie Daniel, Bowman, Gave are
two little cousins who live neareach other each
send You square for your quilt hope you will be
| pleased with them. We have several pets and fine
| time generally in this beautiful country We are
surrounded with good schools and churches, good
neghbors, and honest people generally.
| Beverly b. Bradley, South CASTOR, N. S--As my
! grandma takes your paper, thought would write
| oyou. l want to tell you that am Christian;
protested AT Il protracted meeting in September at
Oak Grove, NJ. f. church, and l have since then
joined that church. want my name in your Bible,
so send you five cents. Aunt Susie, / have cot
ton patch haven't picked it out yet; if make
enough | going TO subscribe to your paper after
l sell my cotton; think it is good paper
Leila Wilson, Auburn, Ala.--I want to become
one of your merry nieces, and hope ] will be wei
coined. Aunt Susie, know who you are ut last, but
and went to THE CONSTITUTION Office and got your
name and address. J. Grce Duggar, l have never
read "She" but would like to read 1t very much;
| like Rider Haggard's writings very much. What
has become of Rob Roy? live in the country and
am going to school at present. We have nice
little Sabbath school near by, ana allday sngings
| every fourth Sunday. VIII some of the larger
cousins correspond with me2
| Daisy Bell Baldwin Miss.-I have been thinking
hut haHFn had
courage to write until now. Aunt Susie, want to
make you a square for your quilt, but don't know
how to make il; please tell me. have been reading
some nice stories, ''Bet and Her Family" "The
| Earth Tremhled," and 'Under Three Names" the
| latter was written by intelligent lady of Bald
| wyn; think ii Is splendid.
! Lula A. Chapman, Shiloh, Gal am so much
pleased to read the cousins letters that cannot
keep from expressing it any longer. Now il any of
| the cousins know anything of Mr.. Frances Gray
| please let me hear from them My age Is ten years.
| have only one pet sweet little sister. Aunt
Susie, l will send you card for your scrap book.
| Minnie and Maude MITCHELL Winsboro, Tcxns--I
am afraid we are too late for Your Biblo, but we
| want our names in it so bad we will como in and
send five cents apiece any way please put them In
| with the others, for know none loves you more
| than we. We also send square apiece for your
| quilt; will they do to go in?
| Ella Slaton, Tuskegee Ala.-I iwould be glad to
exchange the following songs: "Stepmoher"
| Loves Childings," "IIard Times" "Lulu Has
| Gone" and "Nobody's Darling" and IFor They Told
| Me Not to Love Him." win give any OF the two TO
| the one sending it, wish also to correspond with
| some of the cousins between fifteen and seventeen
| years of age. Aunt Susie hope you enjoyed your
| selfat the exposition. 1 guess though II was very
| disagreeabe weather.
| Georye r. Hunt, Perry, Ca Wen, the holidays are
| over now, and / see you want interesting letters
| therefore, am going to make my letter as interest
ing as cnn and viii take great care in writing H.
| want to tell you about this improving county
| Houston, which is situated near the center Of
| Georgia. Houston has about twenty-five thousand
and five hundred population. The lands in Houston
| are very good. We raise cotton, corn peas pota-
toes wheat, oats cane etc., but cotton Is the chief
production. The health is very good also. The
| Southwestern railroad passes through the western
portion of the county Perry is the county site and
located near the center Of Houston andis situated
| on Big Indian creek; II has about one thousand
| inhabitants. In Perry there several small man
| ulactuFing enterprises. They mako currycombs
| names, harTows, etc. A medicine called o. J. G.
(Old Indian Cure) Is made there There is an enter
prise at Perry. known the "yarety works"
| where they q saw and grist mill public GIN
| and will SEQ commence to make brOoms. A great
| deal Of broom corn is planted here. Fort Valley
which il situated in the western part OF the county
IS the largest Town IN houston. IL mas One tbOg0nd
| and two hundred inhabitants In Fort Valley there
are several manufactures, which make cotton
presses cotton planters, and several other kinds Of
articles. There are two newspapers published IN
Houslon--one ut Fort Valley called the Fort Valley
Mirror, and one at Perry called the Home Journal
am correspondent to the Home Journal. own
printing press, and viii send you a sample OF my
printing rhe next time write,
Lille Williams, Williamsburg, Tenn; May have
little sThee So your good paper 10 tell the little
cousins that did not get 10 the fair in Annta what
/ saw therc2 We started from Athens, Tenn, az
about six o'clock Monday morning and arrived In
Atlanta about six o'clock in the evening, ana It
pouring down rain. We had no boarding place; we
could not get ia hotel for the crowd. Mama and
sat In the wait ngroom until my Uncle John went
and found US boarding place. How glad we were
% get out Of the crowd TO get shelter and good
bed TO sleep on, when 81 many hundreds had 10 sit
upall night, ana hard to find shelterl enjoyed my
stay 50 inuchl Aunt SUSIE had thought that
would get TO gee you, but II seemed that every one
! else was I'm the same notion ut the same time, az
could not get near you for the crowd like Atlanta
| 70 much, and think you have slch q delightful
home; would like TO visit you some time when you
| haven't 80 much company. Tuesday morning Il
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